Kansas Law Enforcement Honor Guard

Honor Guards from Kansas Law Enforcment agencies throughout the state participate in annual Law
Enforcement Memorial Day activities at the Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial located on the grounds
of the Kansas Capital building located in Topeka, Kansas.

Legislative Issues

The KPOA'S Legislative Committee actively works to devise and suggest suitable legislation in the best interest of Kansas Law Enforcement to be presented to the State Legislature for consideration and lobbies for the passage of such bills.

Firearm Shooting Competitions

The KPOA provides for Kansas law enforcement officers the opportunity to stay proficient with firearm and shooting skills by offering members the opportunity to compete in firearm competitions throughout the year.

Kansas Law Enforcment Torch Run for Special Olympics

First to Carry the Torch and Still Lighting the Way! The Law Enforcement Torch Run® began here in Kansas in 1981 when Wichita Police Chief Richard LaMunyon
saw a need to raise funds for and awareness of Special Olympics Kansas.
Chief LaMunyon felt that Special Olympics was a fitting cause to unite local
law enforcement agencies, giving them closer ties to the community at large and
to a very special population.

Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center

Established by the Kansas Legislature in 1968, KLETC serves as the central law enforcement training facility for our state and as headquarters for all law enforcement training in Kansas.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Volunteers are needed for this year's Awareness Camp. Awareness Camp is a
FREE three day camp adventure that provides boys who may have limited exposure
to these kinds of experiences an opportunity to live the adventure of the
outdoors. They get to experience a wide range of activities like fishing,
rockets and bb guns. Through the guidance of their leaders, these young boys
learn to communicate, work as a team, follow directions, and make new friends.
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KPOA President Stu Hite

I’d like to introduce myself to those of you that don’t know me.
My name is Stu Hite, I’ve been in KS Law Enforcement for 29
years now. I have spent my career proudly working for the
Crawford County Sheriff’s Office and continue to work there as a
Detective Lt. in investigations.

It is a true honor and privilege to serve as your President for
2017-18. One of the executive board’s goals this year is to make
sure we can better communicate with our membership, some 3400
members! To do this is no small task. We are in the process of
collecting email addresses from all of you. We are doing this by
asking you to include your email with your paid dues notice that
went out in early November. The other way is to work with KLETC,
who have graciously agreed to send out an email blast to the
Kansas LEO’s they have in their database. This method is still
being discussed and refined but I hope you will simply be able
to opt in by clicking on a KPOA email link. I urge all of you to
please make sure and do one of these methods. It is imperative
in this day and age that we have instant communication with each
other.

Our next goal is to keep and grow our membership numbers. There
are over 7,000 LEO’s in KS. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have
each one belong to KPOA? This is truly your Association. We all
belong to many different groups and associations as we advance
through our careers, but KPOA is the ONE Association that
everyone in Law Enforcement can belong to and call their own.

We try hard every year to keep dues costs down and $20 is pretty
reasonable whether it is paid for individually or by department.
One of our biggest benefits to our members is our ability to
have professional representation in Topeka when the Legislature
is in session. Ed Klumpp has tirelessly represented our
profession for many years in matters that affect each of us and
the jobs we are entrusted to do by our citizens each and every
day. We also offer death benefits to members as well as awarding
scholarship to college students with ties to law enforcement and
KPOA membership each year, through a highly competitive process
by the applicants.

And finally, training. We are currently planning our 2018 KPOA
Fall Conference and would welcome ideas for training and/or
speakers if you can get them to us ASAP.

Thank all of you for all that you do to keep Kansas safe. Please
be safe and ever vigilant while your out there doing your jobs.
And remember to make time for your families when you aren’t on
the clock, don’t forget the ones that should matter the most in
your lives. Thank you and I look forward to speaking with many
of you over the next year.